[Peace-discuss] Wilson follow-up

[David Green]

 Posted on Facebook:
I have been following the story of the killing of Kelley Wilson in Decatur, a 26 year old mother of 2 young girls, by an Illinois State Police Officer in May, subsequent to a Pendleton-Scharlow police encounter, gunfight, and escape in Mahomet, unrelated to Kelley Wilson. http://www.wandtv.com/story/32229131/coroner-inquest-crash-that-killed-woman-an-accident
I have been waiting for information regarding the speed that the officer was travelling when he impacted Wilson, who was making a left turn on to the road, resulting in the crash and her instant death. Yesterday, information was released that the police officer was traveling at 108 miles per hour. What this means is that the officer was traveling at 53 yards per second. That means that the officer would have travelled the final 200 yards, 2 football fields, in less than 4 seconds; the final 100 yards in less than 2 seconds. This of course needs to be considered when evaluating what chance Wilson had to respond to the police car before making her left turn, and whether this should be judged a reckless homicide, or whatever the charge might be.
The article linked to above also states: "A toxicology report indicates that she was over the legal limit." It does not say limit for what.

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